The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-20
Weekly News Summary.



the Franklin county court docket
HUGH HENRY of Chester will deliver the
Memorial day address at West Burke
THERE are in the Vermont conference
40 church editces, worth over S12O,0OO
REV. w. II. COLLINS, rector of st. Mich
ael's church at Brattleboro, has resigned.
THE Advent church at ST. Johnsbury has
called Rev Mr.. Ward Of Danville, Quebec.
TwENTY-THBEE barrels of fish were shipped
from East Alburgh in three days last week
T. SULLrvAN's grocery building at Bellows
Falls was burned Monday. Loss 5000;
insured.
The Unitarian church at Bratteboro has
extended call to Rev. Mr.. Martin of
Tverton, X. l.
S. d. EsTABRooK Of Danville has a con-
tract to send ton of maple honey and
sugar to California
The Advent church at Rchford has voted
to sell its interest in the Union church to
the Baptists for 81, 800.
A STEAM saw-mill in Chittenden, owned
by Messrs. ID. NJ. White and Reuben Ranger,
was burned Thursday night.
LAWYER JESSE STEARNs of Middlebury
has concluded to forsake Vermont and hang
up his single in New York city
REV. ALEXANDER MAcG GORGE comes into
this state early in June to work under the
auspices of the Baptist state convention.
THE trestle at Hartford, which was car
ried away by the spring freshets has been
rebuilt and all trains are now running
regularly.
GENERAL MANAGER j. w. HOBART has
returned from California, with health much
improved, and has gone South TO remain I'M
til May 9th.
SENATOR MORRILL, was seventy-seven
years old last Thursday, and in the evening
Mrs Morrill, gave her annual birthday party
in his honor.
HATTIE PORTER, the five-year-old grand
child of William Patten of Cambridge, was
scalded, probably fatally, by falling into a
pail of boiling water.
H w. TEwKSBURY of Randolph, one of
the victims of the White River railroad acct
dent, is recovering very slowly and is not
yet able to use a crutch.
A YEAR ago last Saturday the first steam
boat of the season crossed Lake Champlain
from Burlington to Port Henry Now the
lake is still closed by ice.
Hon. IRA c. ALLEN of Fair Haven died
Monday, aged seventy years. He was a
prominent business man and had served in
both branches of the legislature.
LENA, the wife of Cortez Marco of Weston,
attempted to commit suicide by leaping into
the grist-mill pond but was rescued. Her
husband is too shiftless to support her.
PosT-oFFIcE INSPECTORS T. J. BoYNToS
of Johnson and General NJ. L. Donahue of
Boston were at st. Johnsbury. recently
looking for a new site for the post-offce
THE docket for the May term of Windsor
county court numbers 100 law cases, of
which thirty are divorce and thirteen state
cases. On the chancery docket are sixteen
cases.
THE docket for the coming term of the Gale
dona county supreme court, which begins
May 10, contains twenty-five cases, of which
six have been heard and stand with the
court.
THE little five-year-old daughter of Alfred
Beaupre of Burlington fell into tub of hot
water, Saturday evening, and received in
juries which resulted fatally in about ten
hours.
ONE of the new manufacturing concerns
about to commence operations in Swanton
is the Atwood Manufacturing Company, in
corporated under the laws of Vermont, with
a capital of $4,000.
DURING the recent flood in Bolton Mr.
Stevens lost fourteen sheep and seven
lambs which We're drowned in the barn by
the high water, together with two two-year-
old cattle and four calves.
THE water was higher in Bolton last week
than at any time before since the great flood
of 1880, when the farmers were obliged to
leave their houses and cattle and sheep
We're drowned
of Jay have been arrested for accepting
hush money from DIR. l.. j. Latourneau, who
was accused Of unprofessional conduct
toward Miss Wakeman while acting as her
doctor
\ YOUNG man, aged twenty-five, named
Arson j. Wheeler of Westmoreland, n. H.,
committed suicide at Barton last Wednes-
day by throwing himself under passing
freight-train. He left a letter showing pre-
meditation.
COLONEL DIN SCOTT of Bennington re-
turned home last week. having sold his
interest in his Pennsylvania powder-mill
for $4,000 cash. He has also sold his inter-
est in the Ohio Powder Company at Youngs-
town, Ohio, for $4,000.
Mrs. MARY a. COLEMAN of Jamaica has
been held in 500 bail ON the charge of
using postage-stamps the second time, for
which the penalty under the federal stat
utes is 500 TO $500 fine or six months to
years imprisonment, or both
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD child of Patrick Mohan
of Brandon set her clothing on fire, last
week, while playing with matches and was
terribly burned about the neck and body.
She suffered great pain, but lived nearly
twenty-four hours after the accident.
The case of Mrs. Stella Brown of Concord,
n H., against the Central Vermont railroad,
to recover damages for the loss of an arm at
Charlestown, n. H., a few years since, has
been settled, the corporation paying 1000
and all costs, including counsel fees.
THE following patents have been granted
to Nermonters: Patrick Madden, Burling-
ton, folding or wardrobe bedstead; George
Weinley, Rutland, door check; Thaddeus
Fairbanks assignor to Feed Water Heater
Company, st. Johnsbury, water heater.
COLONEL j. b. MEAD and +. y. Bssell
went to Boston, Monday evening, to consult
with the Massachusetts state board to see
whether or not the quarantine against cattle
from Vermont can be raised, After the con-
ference they will return to Bennington.
BERNARD MCCABE's farmhouse at White
River junction was burned Saturday The
! fire caught from defective chimney. The
| house and contents belonging to Elisha
Dewey were also burned, the fire catching
from McCabe's house. Loss 5000; small
| insurance.
j. l.. ScoTT and party have returned to
Highgate Springs from st. Augustine,
Florida, having closed the hotel April 5th.
The Franklin House will now be renovated
and placed in order for guests. The season
promises to be good at the Franklin
scranton Courier.
a LARGE public meeting was held at AL
| burgh Springs, last week, to encourage the
| extension of the Canada & Atlantic rail-
road from Lacolle, p. O., TO that point.
! Only twelve miles of track are necessary to
complete the link which gives direct COM
munication with Ottawa.
| THE commission of veterans appointed to
secure site for the state monument at
Gettysburg met at Rutland Monday. A
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